Reversible attraction sign



April 25, 1933.

c. w. HATKE 1,905,563

REVERSIBLE ATTRACTION SIGN Filed May 27, 1952 IN [/5 /V 7' R Patented Apr. 25, 1933 CHARLES W. HATKE, OF DENVER, COLORADO REVERSIBLE ATTRACTION SIGN 7 Application filed May 27, 1932. Serial No. 613,881,

The invention relates to a changeable sign with reversible letters, the object of the improvements are first, to provide a simple, easy and quick method of changing the wording of the sign to suit the need; second, to provide a more attractive reversible sign with letters of two different colors, having. the same letter on the opposite s de of a flat piece of suitable material but the letters on the opposite sides being of a different color; third, the reversible letters being held away from the body of the sign at the top and bottom, making it easy to change the letters; fourth, the reversible letters being held behind the grooves making the sign storm proof; fifth, the letters not in use are easily stored also easy to handle.

With the above objects in view my inven tion consists in the construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is an end view of the main body of the sign itself showing its construction. Figure 2 is a front view of one of the reversible flat pieces of material with a letter T drawn upon it; Figure 3 is a front view of the main body of the sign itself having one of the fiat pieces of material with a letter T drawn upon it and set into place as in actual use. 30 Referring to drawing Fig. 1, it will be seen that there is a groove at 2 and 3 and that groove 2 is deeper than groove 3 therefore any thin fiat piece of material of proper size can be pushed up into groove 2 then dropped down into groove 3 whereby the laps of the grooves will hold the fiat piece of material in place, also that grooves 2 and 3 are built forward from the main body of the sign for the purpose of making it easy to change the fiat pieces of'material or letters. The grooves 2 and 3 are spaced away from the body 1 by spacing members 6 and 7 which are preferably so formed as to provide one side and bottom of each of the grooves as indicated at 6a, 6b, 7a and 7?). Referring to Fig. 2, 4.- is a front view of one of such fiat pieces of material and 5 is a letter T drawn upon the visible side of the fiat piece of material, giving a clear view of one side of the flat piece of material or the reversible letter, it will be easy to under stand that if the flat piece of material 4 is pushed into groove 2 Fig. 1, and then dropped down into groove 3 Fig. 1, it will remain in place until again removed. Again referring to Fig. 2, 4c is a fiat piece of material being of the same color on each side with the same letter but letter being of a different color on the opposite side, say a red letter on one side and a black letter on the other side, so by reversing this flat piece of material 4 into grooves 2 and 3 Fig. 1, it will change the color ofthe letters of the sign. Referring to Fig. 3, which is a front view, 1 is the main body of the sign itself with 2 referring to the deep groove and 3 to the shallow groove, 4 is the flat piece of "material the same as Fig. 2, set into place as in actual use held there by the laps of grooves 2 and 3 Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a sign, in combination, a backboard, parallel upper and lower members attached to and relatively spaced apart upon the backboard and strips on the front faces of said members, said members being cut away behind said strips whereby to form upper and lower opposed grooves spaced forward from said backboard and adapted to carry character-bearing plates, the upper groove being deeper than the lower groove, the dis-- 7 tance between the bottoms of said grooves being greater than the length of the character-bearing plates, but the distance between the lower edge of said upper strip and the bottom of the lower groove being less than the length of said plates whereby said plates may be readily placed in or removed from said grooves and whereby suificientspace is provided between the backboard and said plates, when carried in said grooves, to permit the gripping of the edges of said plates by the fingers of an operator. 9

CHARLES W. HATKE; 

